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In March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in U.S. app stores. Much of the related discussion and debate has centered around American data…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous. “OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you,” one said, giggling…

By: Marcy Winograd It’s oddly coincidental that the week American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobbyists descend en masse on Capitol Hill to demand more weapons for Israel to obliterate Gaza, the House passes a bill to set…

For much of the year, TikTok has been on the defensive. On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would force the short-form video app to be sold off from its Chinese parent company to…

Conspiracy theories involving mythical monsters and vampires have exploded on TikTok.. Photo: GREG BAKER / AFPSource: AFPFrom vampires and wendigos to killer asteroids, TikTok users are pumping out outlandish end-of-the-world…

Rabbi Seth Goldstein joined TikTok during the pandemic as “a way of occupying time and being creative.” He has since come to see it as “a wonderful vehicle” for teaching the weekly Torah portion or talking about Jewish…

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Concerns about the threats TikTok poses to privacy and liberty were raised again, as a bill to divest TikTok of its Chinese ownership or ban it gathered steam in the United States Congress. And Canada’s federal government revealed…

TikTok has been under review due to national security concerns by the Canadian federal government since September 2023. This was reported the day after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill potentially banning…

TikTok faces a potential ban in the USThiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images US politicians have voted to ban popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner, technology company ByteDance, sells…

Amid concerns over user privacy and national security, Mnuchin told US media that TikTok ‘should be owned by US businesses’.Former United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has announced plans to rally investors in the hopes of…

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would force the popular TikTok video app to either separate from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance or sell the U.S. version of the software.…

The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly…

TikTok is expanding its Effect Creator Rewards monetization program to more regions and lowering its payout threshold, the company announced today. The program, which launched in May 2023, rewards creators for…

TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. After a surprise flurry of activity in the House this week, TikTok is the target of a new government push to separate the company from its Chinese ownership or force it out of…

WASHINGTON —  A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China's ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national security concerns…

TikTok announced today that its revamped creator fund has increased total creator revenue by over 250% within the last six months. The company says the fund, which launched a year ago and eventually replaced…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 201: Communicating Nutritional Knowledge to the Chinese Public: Examining Predictive Factors of User Engagement on TikTok in China Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs14030201 Authors: Min Zhu…

A man wanted on child abuse charges — who was also recently featured on popular crime show “America’s Most Wanted” — was arrested in Florida after his two daughters launched a TikTok campaign in a bid to help hunt him down. The search…

LOVE languages have permeated popular culture. On TikTok, videos about them have billions of views. On dating shows such as The Bachelor, contestants reveal their love language to potential suitors to gauge their…

TikTok has launched a native and “reimagined” app on the Apple Vision Pro, the company announced on Thursday. The Vision Pro launched on February 2 and already has over 1,000 apps specifically designed for the…

TikTok’s one billion users are set to lose access Wednesday to chart-topping tracks from global music superstars like Taylor Swift, Drake, The Beatles and other artists under the Universal Music Group umbrella now that negotiations…

Indonesia is one of the biggest e-commerce markets in the world for TikTok. TikTok on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in GoTo…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Explicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people's exposure…

For many people, gaining respect at work is something that can drastically improve the trajectory of a career and can be the difference between stagnancy and having the door opened for new opportunities.In a TikTok video, a content…

Tech giants Meta and TikTok are contesting the scope of an EU law that from March will set new rules on competition in the digital marketplace.…

Jesus images on social media promise divine rewards for today’s fast-paced age. Credit: TikTok The TikTok profile Daily Believer…

As political conversations shift online, Chloe Wittenberg PhD ’23 is learning how the information Americans consume shapes their attitudes and beliefs. An MIT postdoc in political science who recently earned her…

First-year MIT nuclear science and engineering (NSE) doctoral student Kaylee Cunningham is not the first person to notice that nuclear energy has a public relations problem. But her commitment to dispel myths…

GigOut Home Screen GigOut Giveaway Job app, GigOut, celebrates creative talent We should celebrate the people who look at the world differently, generate innovative ideas to solve problems, and embody unique artistic ability.”— Nora…